Removing file names + SSH port change

[kursed]

Issue No: 1 - I want to remove .php from showing up when people access my forum/site. How can I do that? I tried following the guide put up by Hostican but couldn't get the desired results i.e. it still shows.

Issue No: 2 - I want to change the port of my SSH. I managed to do that in the concerned file on the VPS but then putty on my computer doesn't make a contact when I simply change the port. What else needs to be added to putty for it to be able to access my VPS?

Thanks in advance.

[thnet]

Originally Posted by kursed

Issue No: 1 - I want to remove .php from showing up when people access my forum/site. How can I do that? I tried following the guide put up by Hostican but couldn't get the desired results i.e. it still shows.

.htaccess entries:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

Originally Posted by kursed

Issue No: 2 - I want to change the port of my SSH. I managed to do that in the concerned file on the VPS but then putty on my computer doesn't make a contact when I simply change the port. What else needs to be added to putty for it to be able to access my VPS?

In PUTTY,
Session, tic the O SSH
insert the IP address for your VDS,
set the new port #;
in [Saved Sessions] type a server name like MyVDS#1
[Save] the session; procede to
[Open] ...

After that, whenever you open PUTTY,
highlight the session name,
[Load]
& PUTTY will use your new port.

If you have multiple servers, you can set a unique port on each of them, then save multiple sessions
& [Load] the session (server) you wish to work on.

[kursed]

Issue: 1 - I've read similar entery in one of the articles in the knowledge base present on Hostican's website, but couldn't make it work. It doesn't produce the desired effects. Would you prefer it if I pasted a copy of my .htaccess and see if you can point out the fault?

Issue: 2 - And which files need to be updated on the VPS for the change of port to take place? Cos it seems the port hasn't changed after I made changes to /usr/etc/ssh/ssh_config.txt

[kursed]

Any answers people?

[lnxcode]

You could try:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /$1.php [QSA,L]

[thnet]

Originally Posted by kursed

Issue: 2 - And which files need to be updated on the VPS for the change of port to take place?
Cos it seems the port hasn't changed after I made changes to /usr/etc/ssh/ssh_config.txt

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

[kursed]

This is my current .htaccess file in /public_html folder, I tried doing the above but still couldn't manage to get the desired results.

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /$1.php [QSA,L]

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*


order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all


order deny,allow
deny from all

AuthName *********.com
AuthUserFile /home/********/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/*******/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^*********.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.********.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ http://******.com/forum [R=302,L]